Love your videos! I made my own version of the last trail before the veil and sold one! The biggest breakthrough for me was after watching your video about optimizing listings for sales. Once I really looked a myt listings and some popular Etsy stores, I realized I had a lot of work to do to entice people to buy. Some investment in a few nice mockups and really nice branding with Canva, and I'm now making consistent sales and am just trying to keep growing. Keep it coming!
Wow that is so amazing Hayley! Way to just take action and implement the changes you needed to make. If you just keep learning and growing then you are going to be so successful at this!! So glad I could be even a tiny part of your journey. Definitely keep me updated on your progress!
Hi Cassie, I wanted to ask if you could do a shop review for my Etsy store because I make sales with like family and friends but I am not getting much traffic regularly .I am having trouble with how to making a profit using printify because I pay the monthly fee but the shipping fee is the same amount as the orders im getting so it seems like im jus paying for the orders I get .How do I make a profit from that or adjust my pricing to get more sales ?
Good comparison I chose printful over the savings due to the fact I will have a good amount of business around the globe and printify shipping to other countries seems to average $10 where printful is still 3-5 in most countries due to having regional facilities
That makes sense! I chose not to do any international shipping due to not wanting to have to worry about VAT fees and checking trademarks in all of those countries!
@@CassiyJohnson Do you only sell domestically, or do you sell internationally but make sure to only sell to customers where there are regional facilities that deliver their order
Just discovered your channel. Fantastic video! Clear, concise, full of relevant information, real-world examples, and best of all, your experience! No substitute for that!
You’re Rad, Cassiy. Made the switch to Printify when I started watching your channel and have found it to be way more user-friendly as an added bonus 😃
Thanks for going over this. I've been debating making the switch for a while. If I don't continuously run sales I'm not competitive with others doing POD with printify. I make consistent sales but your margin difference is very encouraging for more sales. I also needed to Express an order this past Christmas. Printful didn't offer that service but Printify did so I used them. It was my first printify order. The customer was really pleased with it and got it on time. I think I'm going to gradually move over my products.
Hello. Let me ask a question since you actively use them. Maybe I missed it in the video but if doing tshirts and say printify original cost of the shirt is 10.00+4.00 shipping totalling 14.00. Are you paying the 14.00 upfront before the order ships or is that deducted from what you sold the shirt for? I ask because a friend of mine said you had to have money in your account to cover the cost of the shirt and shipping before the order is processed
Holy cow, 40k difference! Well, thank you for this info. I'm starting my Etsy shop to sell art prints of my original work. Going to check out what printful has to offer in this area now.
thank you the info i am just starting out and just put my first design on esty using printful glad i found this before i put more on with them printify it is then for me. love your video
Wow! I found your channel on UA-cam while looking for the best POD between Printify and Printful for shirts and you have answered all the first questions I had about the two of them. Thank you so much for the video. You have a new subscriber to your channel 😊. I will come back for more 😁
Your course also work for people who do woocommerce. I am about to launch my store and I was going to go with printful until I watched your video so now I am going to switch over as you said profit margins are important
Great job with the video ! I just watched you interview. Nice ! Can you make a video how do you market these nice shirts.? I am already subscribed to your Chanel
Thanks for subscribing Edith! I don’t do really any advertising most of the time, I just rely on the free organic traffic that Etsy brings to their website. So just sell shirts that people are already searching for!
hi Cassiy, great information. I would be great if you did a video comparing the two for Europe, and also the UK. I know Printful has two fullfilment centres here in europe, and the prices, yes, are a bit steep, but shipping is quite cheap, and quick. Printify has a very limited amount of products, and with so many countries, many of the printers are several countries away. It makes no sense to import from the USA, as the shipping time, shipping price, and 20% taxes make it impossible to make a profit. keep up the great work. love the channel.
Sorry I don't have any experience selling outside of the US but I have heard people who do prefer Printful for the faster and cheaper international shipping. I choose to only sell in the US, and that is always an option no matter where you live. This way you only have to check for trademarks/copyrights in one place, don't have to worry about VAT fees or countries that require you take returns etc. And Etsy's largest shopping demographic is in the US. Best of luck either way!
I so appreciate your ALWAYS well-presented videos. I have a few questions about different things that I hope I can email you soon. Thanks for being such a sweet and giving soul. 💖
The UA-cam Algorithm Gods have blessed me with your video today haha, but on a serious note, thank you for your honesty with your video and your experience, it is truly appreciated. I have a small store on Redbubble that I created in January 2021 when I lost my job at the airline due to the Global Covid19 Pandemic and I was left struggling to provide for my Spouse and our Son, but it has not yielded the results I was looking for thus far, so I have been looking around for alternatives. Your video has truly been insightful on the differences you mentioned between the companies mentioned and for that, you've gained a new subscriber today.
Hi there, great video ! If most of my customers are living in Europe (and I am as well) should I avoid Printify since it would mean shipping from the US to Europe with a higher shipping cost than printful european factories, and increased delays, or would it still be more advantageaous than Printful ? thanks !
I am so glad my videos have been helpful to you! I know it can feel like you are on a lonely POD island out there by yourself but know we are all in this together and you are doing great things trying to build a business for yourself
Hi Cassiy, I did this analysis too for my pricing strategy. But when I did my first sale, a production cost from Printify was added. This cost is additional to the retail cost mentioned in their listing. Why you don´t consider in this analysis? Thank you
How is international shipping? I heard prntful has warehouses in multiple countries and will use the closest to the customers location reducing shipping cost while printify only ships out of what companies warehouse you use making shipping out of states super expensive have you run into any problems with this? Are international sales not as common? Would love to hear your thoughts on the matter
Hey Cassiy ! Thanks again for more info. I was wondering how much different the prices were. I left another comment but i don't know if it went through. Had some internet issues with the storms here last few days. Wanted to tell you i made 6 sales already :) and got my first 5 star review. Its all thanks to you really! You gave me the idea to even do this. Also wanted to tell you that when i used your link for prinify , the first month they gave me a $29 dollar credit the first month if you sign up for the premium. So it makes the first month free and on top of that with the stuff i ordered for myself and the 6 sales i have more than made the premium worth it. So thanks for that link too. Cant wait to set up my call with you just trying to make a little more listings and get my questions all ready for it too!
@@CassiyJohnson I love how responsive you are and helpful. Can you remind me if there is a video how to set up The Etsy shop? Maybe I can just search in UA-cam under your name! ?
@@lenocka1100 I have one on setting up your banner, about me, logo etc, ua-cam.com/video/8W6o4RUO9YI/v-deo.html But not one setting up the complete shop!
From what you say we have to assume Printify is your choice as well as Monster. Are people able to use just an Android phone doing all the tasks associated with POD via Printify/Monster?
You CAN do literally all of this from your phone if you needed to but placing your design would be a little bit more of a pain. I'd say it would be easier with a computer
@@CassiyJohnson Thanks!! I'm 72, w/o a computer or vehicle, physically disabled and not able to get a computer, barely making it on lousy Soc. Sec. Need to come up with 100k to pay for 2 burials and payoff lots of debt.
Hello Cassiy, I'm about to start what you do. Thank you for the video. 1 - I saw some "flaws" per say on the 8 Printify shirts. Maybe they were not flaws but done on purpose by you. Pretty much all the graphics are too far down from the collar. There is no rule but is common practice to top the graphic around 2 to 3 inches from the collar, specially larger graphics that reach way down the shirt. I have many shirts of my own (different brands) and they all confirm that. I'd say a 2 inch distance is the norm for large designs. On the Printful shirt I can't see it that well but it looks like the graphic is in the correct position. Maybe the standard distance from the collar for lady's shirts are different and lower. I do not know that. I know you can play a little with that on their mockup builder but do they respect the position placement? Do they have a SET distance from the collar ignoring where you place the design? Can we specifically contact them (suppliers) and request that? 2 - Printify lets you customize differently for each shirt color, Printful doesn't (that I could find). Example: let's say you have a design that has an PNG image and you add a WORD / TEXT from the mockup on top of it. The TEXT is in BLACK color. When you choose many shirt fabric colors to sell, that word in black letters would "disappear" on top of a black fabric shirt so you can change this text to print in White letters for example on the black fabric tee only, without changing the black color text letters on the other shirts...you got the idea....contrast. For some reason, the Printful mockup is not letting me do that. Once you change the text color for one fabric color, it will change for all fabric colors at the same time. 3 - In the case of SAME color (fabric and text)...sometimes they will be okay and look nice due to the shade / hue / tone of the fabric color being different from the text color even though they were supposed to be both "black" for example. What's your experience on that, I mean, the results? Once you don't get to see the shirt after it is printed by the supplier, it's a mystery game... We can always buy samples but we cannot buy samples of everything, every design and every variant. 4 - Do the suppliers leave a phone contact or chat channel to talk about these details before hand, specially as a new store, or do we have to pray for the best? I mean, just the first contact to smooth things out as a new partnership, not that we need to contact them all the time later. If a conversation in needed with the Printify supplier, do you get in touch with them directly or with Printify only and they handle it? 5 - It just occurred to me, have you had a supplier that is suppose to print the shirt on a DTG machine do a different type of a cheaper transfer (white toner, vinyl, etc) to scam both you and the final customer and save on cost? Once you never see the shirt before they ship it to the final customer. I hope they are trustworthy. The "feel" of the print and washability, durability are different. of course. Sorry if I sound doom and gloom....I am trying to think ahead of possible problems and how to resolve them or best yet avoid them in the first place. When everything is smooth sailing it's all good. We see a stand up company shining when problems arise, how they deal with them. 6 - My initial business plan is having my own online store using Shopify as my platform. I need to learn more about Etsy and Redbubble. I know there is integration but don't know much more yet. Do you have a website also? You said you sell on Amazon, anyplace else? 7 - I'm new to your channel and just subscribed. Will watch more vids.... Thanks
For all of the shirts in the review, I put the designs as high up as they could go in the design space on Printify. I don't use Printful so I can't help with having some designs be different, I'd try to look up some videos on how to do that. You always want to print contrasting colors on shirts, never try printing black/black, it won't show up. There is not an easy way to get in contact with the suppliers, they have a streamlined process and do a great job so don't overthink the printing. You deal with Printify if there are any issues, they are your go between. No I have never had a print provider try to pull one over on me. I mostly use Monster Digital and have had a great experience. I only sell on Etsy because of the benefit of free organic traffic. The 10%-12% fees for using their site are well worth me never having to run fb ads or constantly be building a email list or social media accounts. Try not to overthink everything, you can't learn it all before you start or avoid every issue. Just take one baby step everyday towards starting your business and this will teach you more than any research you can do beforehand. Thanks for watching and best of luck!
@@CassiyJohnson Thank you for responding, Cassandra. You make some good points, I agree with you. I'm just surprised with one of your answers (question number 1) To me, all PRINTIFY graphics look a little too low on the shirts for the reasons I mentioned above and you said you always place the graphics as high as they allow on the mockup builder, which only makes it worse on the suppliers quality control, LOL... Very strange. keep an eye on this. At the end of the day, I will have to order some samples and see for myself. Anyway, great videos. God bless you.
Hello, as I'm preparing to launch my Etsy shop, I have a question. Do I need to pay Printify or Printful any fees for delivering an order once it has been placed? Can you please clarify this for me?
Yes you do, you are the one that pays for the items and the shipping from Printify or Printful. You are the middle man, so someone orders on Etsy, you then order the item and pay for it yourself on Printify, and then the next day or week depending on how long your shop has been open, you get the money from Etsy minus Etsy fees. So the first 90 days, you are fronting the cost for one week before you get the money back from Etsy. After 90 days you can change this so you get paid the next day but either way you are the middle man for payments. Hope that helps it make sense! I like to use credit cards for that reason, and to get rewards points for every purchase. It has paid for a lot of my vacations over the last few years! And don't worry, no one gets 100k in sales in their first few weeks. You slowly build your business and slowly get sales, so you shouldn't ever have to front tons of sales before your shops starts making you money.
🖤🖤🖤thank you so much Its been a while since i started learning and watching you and so many other i quit uni And Tomorrow I'll start my business 🙌🙌🙌💞💞thank you so much
Thank you for the info! In Printify it says my address will appear on invoices. Does that mean customers will see my address on their receipts/invoice? Or is that just Printify's invoices to me as the business? Just trying to verify if customers will or will not see my address.
My question to you is that the Printful options are mostly USA based - do you think this would affect sales as I live in UK? Would I be better to go Printify? Thanks Cassiy
I have loved Ryan's channel for years now too, so crazy I get to be lumped into any sentence along with him!! You are welcome to make a few designs for them but yes it is a little late since you want to allow about 2 weeks for things to get ordered, printed and delivered before the holiday. But Father's Day designs can sell all year round if they are just funny dad shirts so feel free to make some of those! Some good things to focus on right now as a beginner would be teacher shirts, family vacation and bachelorette party shirts! And then in July, I would start designing for Halloween/Fall!
I'm just starting out with 0 customers. Which country would be best for Etsy, to stay selling in (printify shipping is so expensive for international ships, for all the printing companies.) I'm located in the UK. I don't want to charge people so much for shipping just because they're not in the country it's manufactured in :(
No they will just have the brand of the t-shirt in the shirt. On Printful you can pay extra to put your brand name for the tag but I wouldn't say that this would be worth it at all.
I noticed Monster doesn’t carry x small shirts which could be limiting your pod tshirt market ; I would think a lot of pre teen and teenage girls would wear the x small. How do you deal with that? Could you add printiful just for your x small orders?
Do you have a video on creating your price calculators? Do you have one for each platform you sell on? What all costs do you factor into your ultimate retail value? If/how do they differ per platform?
Hi! I'm new to figuring all this print on demand stuff out! I love your videos , so very helpful! I was researching and looking around and noticed alot people selling on etsy had anywhere from 50% to 70% off their products for sales . My question is how can they do that with print on demand and still make a profit? Some were so low that it didn't even cover the cost of the shirt?! Thank you so much for your videos!
@@yayadrew No I use Monster Digital for shirts and sweatshirts, Mylocker for the white ceramic mugs, MWW for AOP tote bags etc. So just depends on the item.
You're a great teacher and I really appreciate the info you're are unselfishly sharing. Do you have video on making mugs? I started using placeit for designing. Have you used it or recommend it for POD?
Yes here is the video I made on Mugs! ua-cam.com/video/VPO7Tqu59aw/v-deo.html And no I don't personally like palceit, the products are rarely the exact item you are trying to sell. I just buy all of my mocks on Etsy and make them myself.
@@CassiyJohnson Thanks for responding. Regarding your reference to Etsy, do you create your designs on the Etsy platform or another platform then transfer to Etsy? If you use another platform to create designs, which one do you recommend? Please advise. Thanks🙂
@@elliswashington1149 Here is a link to my full set up guide step by step through the process of finding a design, making a design and listing it. I use a website called Canva to make my designs. And I have a 30 day free trial link for them in the description of this video! Free Etsy Start Up Guide 🔥 www.cassiyjohnson.com/etsypodlaunchguide
hey cassiy, thank you for the video. when you calculated the costs from printify, you seem to have based it on the cost without the graphic printed on. my final products from printify cost a little bit more than the ones i am currently trying to create on printful. did i miss something?
I created a tee and a hoodie and purchased samples. My invoice shows that I was charged the price shown under the particular print provider for the relevant colors/sizes. Did you check to see if the color or size had a different price? The prices can be different per size and per color depending on the print provider. Some have the same price for S - XL, and different prices for the larger sizes. Some have different prices even within the S - XL range.
Hello so sorry it should have said where the links used to be that I am no longer offering any 1:1 consolations! I am working on creating my course and hopefully releasing it by the end of the month instead! Best of luck in the meantime and I hope you love my free videos
I chose threadless because it's free and i own the rights to my designs and the amount i get back but haven't made any sales yet. I can't tell if it's bec. of the economy climate or if it's the site or full shirt prices in general. Any advice would be appreciated!
Thank you for this video. It provides a lot of info, but I have a question. Do you pay up front before the item is shipped meaning once the customer purchases it, then this is where you pay either printify or printful? Or once the purchase is made and everything is taken out, then you will get the remaining which is what you made from the sale? Is this how it works?
I am getting ready to launch my store in September and I am super excited. I have consumed almost all of your content and now have the confidence to get started. I had a quick question. How much out of pocket money do I need to start off? Once someone orders something isn't there something I need to pay before they get their items?
Congrats on getting started! Honestly it takes so long to get it going, I'd recommend starting sooner if you can. Most people go weeks before they get their first sale so don't overthink it! And yes when someone orders the shirt from you, that order gets sent to Printify. Printify charges your credit card for the amount of the item + shipping. Then Etsy pays you the amount the customer paid - Etsy fees. In the beginning I'd recommend having a few hundred dollars ideally because Etsy puts your shop on reserves and only pays you the full amount of the sale AFTER you ship it, so there is a small lag. I also use a credit card for Printify, that way I am not paying for the shirts until after I get the money from Etsy.
Thank you for your analysis. I know in general that Printful is located in Los Angeles, CA....one of the most expensive places to live! I know cause I lived there for 3 years and decided to go back to Texas b/c I realized as a "normal" person, I would NEVER be able to buy my own house living there. But also, Printify has so much more to choose from, in my opinion. They offer a lot more water bottles, mugs and tumblers and even just other products in general. I would say it is a little shocking to know that this one particular coffee mug I like comes all the way from Germany!
Yes Printify is able to offer a lot more products because they are just a website brining together 100's of printers in one place, it would be hard for Printful to compete overall with only being one company!
Love your videos! I made my own version of the last trail before the veil and sold one! The biggest breakthrough for me was after watching your video about optimizing listings for sales. Once I really looked a myt listings and some popular Etsy stores, I realized I had a lot of work to do to entice people to buy. Some investment in a few nice mockups and really nice branding with Canva, and I'm now making consistent sales and am just trying to keep growing. Keep it coming!
Wow that is so amazing Hayley! Way to just take action and implement the changes you needed to make. If you just keep learning and growing then you are going to be so successful at this!! So glad I could be even a tiny part of your journey. Definitely keep me updated on your progress!
Hi Hayely. Which video is that? I did a quick search in Cassiy's channel but couldn't tell which one it was. TIA. :)
@@drinkinslim Same here. I can't seem to find that video either
Hi Cassie, I wanted to ask if you could do a shop review for my Etsy store because I make sales with like family and friends but I am not getting much traffic regularly .I am having trouble with how to making a profit using printify because I pay the monthly fee but the shipping fee is the same amount as the orders im getting so it seems like im jus paying for the orders I get .How do I make a profit from that or adjust my pricing to get more sales ?
@@CassiyJohnson hello how do you market selling your t shirt thinking about starting with printify
Ive been fumbling around with my merch. I'm so thankful for this.
Good comparison I chose printful over the savings due to the fact I will have a good amount of business around the globe and printify shipping to other countries seems to average $10 where printful is still 3-5 in most countries due to having regional facilities
That makes sense! I chose not to do any international shipping due to not wanting to have to worry about VAT fees and checking trademarks in all of those countries!
Thank you for your comment, you're helping me out with this decision
@@CassiyJohnson Do you only sell domestically, or do you sell internationally but make sure to only sell to customers where there are regional facilities that deliver their order
Just discovered your channel. Fantastic video! Clear, concise, full of relevant information, real-world examples, and best of all, your experience! No substitute for that!
So glad you found my channel and are getting good value ❤️
You are so professional in your videos. You always have tons of information on your channel. Thanks for your inspiration, god bless
Thank you for your kind comment, so glad you are getting good info and inspiration, you've got this
Thank you, the answer is obvious as to which one I will use. Now looking at shopify vs etsy vs my own online store.
You’re Rad, Cassiy. Made the switch to Printify when I started watching your channel and have found it to be way more user-friendly as an added bonus 😃
So glad it has been an easy transition over to Printify for you Corinna!! You are going to save so much money
Thanks for going over this. I've been debating making the switch for a while. If I don't continuously run sales I'm not competitive with others doing POD with printify. I make consistent sales but your margin difference is very encouraging for more sales. I also needed to Express an order this past Christmas. Printful didn't offer that service but Printify did so I used them. It was my first printify order. The customer was really pleased with it and got it on time. I think I'm going to gradually move over my products.
Hello. Let me ask a question since you actively use them. Maybe I missed it in the video but if doing tshirts and say printify original cost of the shirt is 10.00+4.00 shipping totalling 14.00. Are you paying the 14.00 upfront before the order ships or is that deducted from what you sold the shirt for? I ask because a friend of mine said you had to have money in your account to cover the cost of the shirt and shipping before the order is processed
Holy cow, 40k difference! Well, thank you for this info. I'm starting my Etsy shop to sell art prints of my original work. Going to check out what printful has to offer in this area now.
Excellent video. I was sitting here wondering if I’m going to go with Printful or Printify. Then I stumbled upon your video. Perfect timing.
So glad this video was helpful for you!! Thanks for watching!
By far the best enterprise comparison that I have seen! Thanks!
My Goodness! This Video was Amazing! Definitely know who to go with. Thanks Humongous!
So glad this was helpful to you Mary, thanks for watching!!
Thank y so much. This is the first true information I found to help.
So glad you found my video valuable, really appreciate that
That was extremely helpful. Thank you. Your the first to clearly lay out what allot of people want to know .. The Bottom Line.
Cheers to you. 👍
I'm so glad this was helpful for you!! Wishing you all the best!!
thank you the info i am just starting out and just put my first design on esty using printful glad i found this before i put more on with them printify it is then for me. love your video
Wow! I found your channel on UA-cam while looking for the best POD between Printify and Printful for shirts and you have answered all the first questions I had about the two of them. Thank you so much for the video. You have a new subscriber to your channel 😊. I will come back for more 😁
YAY I'm so glad my channel was able to answer your questions!! Thanks so much for watching!
which did you decide?
Thanks so much, Cassiy! I appreciate your professionalism. I'm so glad I found you!
You're welcome, Romona! So glad my videos have been helpful for you!!
Excellent post. I appreciate the breakdown comparison. Definitely subscribing to your channel!
So glad you enjoyed this video! Thanks for subscribing!!
Great comparison! I love how detailed this video was!!!
Thank you!! And thanks for watching! :)
Your course also work for people who do woocommerce. I am about to launch my store and I was going to go with printful until I watched your video so now I am going to switch over as you said profit margins are important
You might consider making a video addressing the specifics in transferring from one print provider to the other.
Great job with the video !
I just watched you interview.
Nice !
Can you make a video how do you market these nice shirts.?
I am already subscribed to your Chanel
Thanks for subscribing Edith! I don’t do really any advertising most of the time, I just rely on the free organic traffic that Etsy brings to their website. So just sell shirts that people are already searching for!
Thanks, that kind of information answers a lot of important questions.
So glad you found it helpful Ed!
Love your content. Very thorough breakdown on everything.
So glad you’re enjoying my content!! Thanks for watching! ❤️
@Cassiy Johnson How did you get that Etsy profit Calculator? 8:18
I actually made that and sell it! Here is a link www.cassiyjohnson.com/offers/MzHSQtPx
Great video....just straight up comparison. This is how videos like this should be made 👏👏👏👏
So glad you enjoyed my teaching style, thanks for watching!
@@CassiyJohnson yes you have an incredible teaching style, you took away all my overwhelm and helped me get true clarity thank you
hi Cassiy, great information. I would be great if you did a video comparing the two for Europe, and also the UK. I know Printful has two fullfilment centres here in europe, and the prices, yes, are a bit steep, but shipping is quite cheap, and quick. Printify has a very limited amount of products, and with so many countries, many of the printers are several countries away. It makes no sense to import from the USA, as the shipping time, shipping price, and 20% taxes make it impossible to make a profit. keep up the great work. love the channel.
Sorry I don't have any experience selling outside of the US but I have heard people who do prefer Printful for the faster and cheaper international shipping. I choose to only sell in the US, and that is always an option no matter where you live. This way you only have to check for trademarks/copyrights in one place, don't have to worry about VAT fees or countries that require you take returns etc. And Etsy's largest shopping demographic is in the US. Best of luck either way!
Thank you so much for comparing the printful printing! Great video!
So glad you enjoyed my comparison Judy!
you're awesome... I love your videos and am hoping to do your course soon 💚💛💚💛💚
This was super informative. And I did find a lot of value in the video. Thank you.
So glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!!
Excellent! To the point! Great video... great teacher. Thanks! I Liked and subed!!
I so appreciate your ALWAYS well-presented videos. I have a few questions about different things that I hope I can email you soon. Thanks for being such a sweet and giving soul. 💖
Really appreciate the kind words! I do offer 1:1 coaching calls and shop reviews if you're interested, here's a link! linktr.ee/Cassiy_johnson
The UA-cam Algorithm Gods have blessed me with your video today haha, but on a serious note, thank you for your honesty with your video and your experience, it is truly appreciated. I have a small store on Redbubble that I created in January 2021 when I lost my job at the airline due to the Global Covid19 Pandemic and I was left struggling to provide for my Spouse and our Son, but it has not yielded the results I was looking for thus far, so I have been looking around for alternatives.
Your video has truly been insightful on the differences you mentioned between the companies mentioned and for that, you've gained a new subscriber today.
So glad to have you on my channel, welcome!! I hope you find all the success you are looking for on Etsy
This is a super helpful video. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge ❤❤
Cassiy. Luv your videos. I need to figure out how to sell my Buddy Bear merch to help subsidize my production costs of the videos
Hi there, great video ! If most of my customers are living in Europe (and I am as well) should I avoid Printify since it would mean shipping from the US to Europe with a higher shipping cost than printful european factories, and increased delays, or would it still be more advantageaous than Printful ? thanks !
I live in Canada and wondered the same thing..
very nice video well put together easy to understand thanks
Thank you for your videos! This keeps me going!
I am so glad my videos have been helpful to you! I know it can feel like you are on a lonely POD island out there by yourself but know we are all in this together and you are doing great things trying to build a business for yourself
Super helpful, totally worth watching!
thank you! You saved me a ton of work!
Hi Cassiy, I did this analysis too for my pricing strategy. But when I did my first sale, a production cost from Printify was added. This cost is additional to the retail cost mentioned in their listing. Why you don´t consider in this analysis? Thank you
retail cost is the price you list it as
How is international shipping? I heard prntful has warehouses in multiple countries and will use the closest to the customers location reducing shipping cost while printify only ships out of what companies warehouse you use making shipping out of states super expensive have you run into any problems with this? Are international sales not as common? Would love to hear your thoughts on the matter
You’ve convinced me to give it a go
absolutely incredible info! thank you so much
appreciate for sharing this with us, excellent video
Definitely going to try that, thanks
Hi Cassiy! Just subscribed, great video!
Thanks so much for subscribing!! So glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Thanks for the breakdown. What a difference!
Hey Cassiy ! Thanks again for more info. I was wondering how much different the prices were. I left another comment but i don't know if it went through. Had some internet issues with the storms here last few days. Wanted to tell you i made 6 sales already :) and got my first 5 star review. Its all thanks to you really! You gave me the idea to even do this. Also wanted to tell you that when i used your link for prinify , the first month they gave me a $29 dollar credit the first month if you sign up for the premium. So it makes the first month free and on top of that with the stuff i ordered for myself and the 6 sales i have more than made the premium worth it. So thanks for that link too. Cant wait to set up my call with you just trying to make a little more listings and get my questions all ready for it too!
Wow congrats Dana!! All the props are definitely to you for listing to what I said and immediately taking action
@@CassiyJohnson I love how responsive you are and helpful.
Can you remind me if there is a video how to set up The Etsy shop?
Maybe I can just search in UA-cam under your name! ?
@@lenocka1100 I have one on setting up your banner, about me, logo etc, ua-cam.com/video/8W6o4RUO9YI/v-deo.html But not one setting up the complete shop!
I appreciate you for sharing this, excellent!
From what you say we have to assume Printify is your choice as well as Monster. Are people able to
use just an Android phone doing all the tasks associated with POD via Printify/Monster?
You CAN do literally all of this from your phone if you needed to but placing your design would be a little bit more of a pain. I'd say it would be easier with a computer
@@CassiyJohnson Thanks!! I'm 72,
w/o a computer or vehicle, physically disabled and not able to get a computer, barely making it on lousy Soc. Sec. Need to come up with 100k to pay for 2 burials and payoff lots of debt.
Hello Cassiy, I'm about to start what you do. Thank you for the video.
1 - I saw some "flaws" per say on the 8 Printify shirts. Maybe they were not flaws but done on purpose by you. Pretty much all the graphics are too far down from the collar. There is no rule but is common practice to top the graphic around 2 to 3 inches from the collar, specially larger graphics that reach way down the shirt. I have many shirts of my own (different brands) and they all confirm that. I'd say a 2 inch distance is the norm for large designs.
On the Printful shirt I can't see it that well but it looks like the graphic is in the correct position.
Maybe the standard distance from the collar for lady's shirts are different and lower. I do not know that.
I know you can play a little with that on their mockup builder but do they respect the position placement? Do they have a SET distance from the collar ignoring where you place the design?
Can we specifically contact them (suppliers) and request that?
2 - Printify lets you customize differently for each shirt color, Printful doesn't (that I could find).
Example: let's say you have a design that has an PNG image and you add a WORD / TEXT from the mockup on top of it.
The TEXT is in BLACK color. When you choose many shirt fabric colors to sell, that word in black letters would "disappear" on top of a black fabric shirt so you can change this text to print in White letters for example on the black fabric tee only, without changing the black color text letters on the other shirts...you got the idea....contrast.
For some reason, the Printful mockup is not letting me do that. Once you change the text color for one fabric color, it will change for all fabric colors at the same time.
3 - In the case of SAME color (fabric and text)...sometimes they will be okay and look nice due to the shade / hue / tone of the fabric color being different from the text color even though they were supposed to be both "black" for example. What's your experience on that, I mean, the results? Once you don't get to see the shirt after it is printed by the supplier, it's a mystery game...
We can always buy samples but we cannot buy samples of everything, every design and every variant.
4 - Do the suppliers leave a phone contact or chat channel to talk about these details before hand, specially as a new store, or do we have to pray for the best? I mean, just the first contact to smooth things out as a new partnership, not that we need to contact them all the time later.
If a conversation in needed with the Printify supplier, do you get in touch with them directly or with Printify only and they handle it?
5 - It just occurred to me, have you had a supplier that is suppose to print the shirt on a DTG machine do a different type of a cheaper transfer (white toner, vinyl, etc) to scam both you and the final customer and save on cost? Once you never see the shirt before they ship it to the final customer. I hope they are trustworthy. The "feel" of the print and washability, durability are different. of course.
Sorry if I sound doom and gloom....I am trying to think ahead of possible problems and how to resolve them or best yet avoid them in the first place. When everything is smooth sailing it's all good. We see a stand up company shining when problems arise, how they deal with them.
6 - My initial business plan is having my own online store using Shopify as my platform. I need to learn more about Etsy and Redbubble. I know there is integration but don't know much more yet. Do you have a website also? You said you sell on Amazon, anyplace else?
7 - I'm new to your channel and just subscribed. Will watch more vids....
Thanks
For all of the shirts in the review, I put the designs as high up as they could go in the design space on Printify. I don't use Printful so I can't help with having some designs be different, I'd try to look up some videos on how to do that.
You always want to print contrasting colors on shirts, never try printing black/black, it won't show up.
There is not an easy way to get in contact with the suppliers, they have a streamlined process and do a great job so don't overthink the printing. You deal with Printify if there are any issues, they are your go between.
No I have never had a print provider try to pull one over on me. I mostly use Monster Digital and have had a great experience.
I only sell on Etsy because of the benefit of free organic traffic. The 10%-12% fees for using their site are well worth me never having to run fb ads or constantly be building a email list or social media accounts.
Try not to overthink everything, you can't learn it all before you start or avoid every issue. Just take one baby step everyday towards starting your business and this will teach you more than any research you can do beforehand.
Thanks for watching and best of luck!
@@CassiyJohnson
Thank you for responding, Cassandra.
You make some good points, I agree with you.
I'm just surprised with one of your answers (question number 1)
To me, all PRINTIFY graphics look a little too low on the shirts for the reasons I mentioned above and you said you always place the graphics as high as they allow on the mockup builder, which only makes it worse on the suppliers quality control, LOL...
Very strange. keep an eye on this.
At the end of the day, I will have to order some samples and see for myself.
Anyway, great videos.
God bless you.
That’s fantastic, thanks for sharing!
Hello, as I'm preparing to launch my Etsy shop, I have a question. Do I need to pay Printify or Printful any fees for delivering an order once it has been placed? Can you please clarify this for me?
Yes you do, you are the one that pays for the items and the shipping from Printify or Printful. You are the middle man, so someone orders on Etsy, you then order the item and pay for it yourself on Printify, and then the next day or week depending on how long your shop has been open, you get the money from Etsy minus Etsy fees. So the first 90 days, you are fronting the cost for one week before you get the money back from Etsy. After 90 days you can change this so you get paid the next day but either way you are the middle man for payments. Hope that helps it make sense!
I like to use credit cards for that reason, and to get rewards points for every purchase. It has paid for a lot of my vacations over the last few years! And don't worry, no one gets 100k in sales in their first few weeks. You slowly build your business and slowly get sales, so you shouldn't ever have to front tons of sales before your shops starts making you money.
ok thank you for your reply@@CassiyJohnson ❤
YES! JUST WHAT I NEEDED, TY!!!
🖤🖤🖤thank you so much Its been a while since i started learning and watching you and so many other i quit uni And Tomorrow I'll start my business 🙌🙌🙌💞💞thank you so much
Hi there, great video! You seem genuine, I cant wait to watch more of your videos - on my ecommerce journey :)
Thanks so much for your sweet comment, hope you love the rest of my videos ❤️
I really enjoyed this and I made my choice because of you. I would love to have a one on one with you!
I am so glad my video was helpful to you Cheryl! Here is a link to my 1:1 calls If you decide you want to book one
hello thank you for your video , where can I get this etsy profit calculator??? thank you
It's available on my website Cassiyjohnson.com
Thank you for the info! In Printify it says my address will appear on invoices. Does that mean customers will see my address on their receipts/invoice? Or is that just Printify's invoices to me as the business? Just trying to verify if customers will or will not see my address.
The invoices portion only will be shown to you, not to your customers!
@@CassiyJohnson thank you, Cassiy!
Just starting. My sister been doing it a while. She uses customcat but I am looking for other options.
Congrats on getting started!
Cassiy, please make a review of your top Printify print providers! I'm waiting for your list
ua-cam.com/video/TEidvONm7Z8/v-deo.html I did that video already, here you go!!
ill definitely try that, thanks!
My question to you is that the Printful options are mostly USA based - do you think this would affect sales as I live in UK? Would I be better to go Printify? Thanks Cassiy
They ship worldwide
Thanks for all you share. You and Ryan are my favorites. If I am just starting is it too late to design for Fathers Day or Juneteenth.
I have loved Ryan's channel for years now too, so crazy I get to be lumped into any sentence along with him!! You are welcome to make a few designs for them but yes it is a little late since you want to allow about 2 weeks for things to get ordered, printed and delivered before the holiday. But Father's Day designs can sell all year round if they are just funny dad shirts so feel free to make some of those!
Some good things to focus on right now as a beginner would be teacher shirts, family vacation and bachelorette party shirts! And then in July, I would start designing for Halloween/Fall!
Really good info!
So glad it was helpful for you!
Thanks for the video Cassiy
Great to see you a best luck
Thanks for watching!!
Wow, fantastic video. Thanks a lot!
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing
I'm just starting out with 0 customers. Which country would be best for Etsy, to stay selling in (printify shipping is so expensive for international ships, for all the printing companies.) I'm located in the UK. I don't want to charge people so much for shipping just because they're not in the country it's manufactured in :(
will the printers put their own print company tag in mt t-shirt...?? i wanna star my own brand , can it be a possible website for it???
No they will just have the brand of the t-shirt in the shirt. On Printful you can pay extra to put your brand name for the tag but I wouldn't say that this would be worth it at all.
I noticed Monster doesn’t carry x small shirts which could be limiting your pod tshirt market ; I would think a lot of pre teen and teenage girls would wear the x small. How do you deal with that? Could you add printiful just for your x small orders?
thanks so much for this video. I just subscribed.
Hi Cassily, can I integrate Shopify with several POD platforms? thanks
I believe you can yes, but I don't use Shopify!
Thank you very much for your valuable information!
My pleasure! So glad this was helpful for you!!
Do you have a video on creating your price calculators? Do you have one for each platform you sell on? What all costs do you factor into your ultimate retail value? If/how do they differ per platform?
Hi! I'm new to figuring all this print on demand stuff out! I love your videos , so very helpful!
I was researching and looking around and noticed alot people selling on etsy had anywhere from 50% to 70% off their products for sales . My question is how can they do that with print on demand and still make a profit? Some were so low that it didn't even cover the cost of the shirt?!
Thank you so much for your videos!
I have wondered the same thing!
Very nice breakdown.
Thanks so much, glad it was helpful for you!
@@CassiyJohnson do you use that particular printing company for every single one of your designs, no matter the product?
@@yayadrew No I use Monster Digital for shirts and sweatshirts, Mylocker for the white ceramic mugs, MWW for AOP tote bags etc. So just depends on the item.
@@CassiyJohnson thank you
How do you price or is it done automatically
Thank you so much for this breakdown
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!!
You're a great teacher and I really appreciate the info you're are unselfishly sharing.
Do you have video on making mugs?
I started using placeit for designing. Have you used it or recommend it for POD?
Yes here is the video I made on Mugs! ua-cam.com/video/VPO7Tqu59aw/v-deo.html
And no I don't personally like palceit, the products are rarely the exact item you are trying to sell. I just buy all of my mocks on Etsy and make them myself.
@@CassiyJohnson Thanks for responding.
Regarding your reference to Etsy, do you create your designs on the Etsy platform or another platform then transfer to Etsy?
If you use another platform to create designs, which one do you recommend?
Please advise.
Thanks🙂
@@elliswashington1149 Here is a link to my full set up guide step by step through the process of finding a design, making a design and listing it. I use a website called Canva to make my designs. And I have a 30 day free trial link for them in the description of this video!
Free Etsy Start Up Guide 🔥
www.cassiyjohnson.com/etsypodlaunchguide
Question: Printful has the option to connect my Etsy account with them. Does Printify also have the same option?
@David Nathaniel yes, Printify has the same option.
Yes Printify has the exact same integration available!
Hi - Which one is better to use with Amazon? Wish Printify worked with Amazon directly.
Thank you for this break down!
You’re welcome! I hope it was so valuable for you!!
hey cassiy, thank you for the video. when you calculated the costs from printify, you seem to have based it on the cost without the graphic printed on. my final products from printify cost a little bit more than the ones i am currently trying to create on printful. did i miss something?
Same here. Printful seems to include front DTG in the base price.
I created a tee and a hoodie and purchased samples. My invoice shows that I was charged the price shown under the particular print provider for the relevant colors/sizes. Did you check to see if the color or size had a different price? The prices can be different per size and per color depending on the print provider. Some have the same price for S - XL, and different prices for the larger sizes. Some have different prices even within the S - XL range.
Hi @cassiy your Links for coaching calls no longer work. I’m interested in more info.😊
Hello so sorry it should have said where the links used to be that I am no longer offering any 1:1 consolations! I am working on creating my course and hopefully releasing it by the end of the month instead! Best of luck in the meantime and I hope you love my free videos
Nice vid thank you for sharing with us
I chose threadless because it's free and i own the rights to my designs and the amount i get back but haven't made any sales yet. I can't tell if it's bec. of the economy climate or if it's the site or full shirt prices in general. Any advice would be appreciated!
Sorry I’ve never heard of that but have really enjoyed selling on Etsy using Printify!
Thank you for this video. It provides a lot of info, but I have a question. Do you pay up front before the item is shipped meaning once the customer purchases it, then this is where you pay either printify or printful? Or once the purchase is made and everything is taken out, then you will get the remaining which is what you made from the sale? Is this how it works?
Thank you, really helped me!
You’re videos so inspired ❤
I'm so glad! Thanks for watching!
THANKS A BUNCH, AMAZING VIDEO!!!
I am getting ready to launch my store in September and I am super excited. I have consumed almost all of your content and now have the confidence to get started. I had a quick question. How much out of pocket money do I need to start off? Once someone orders something isn't there something I need to pay before they get their items?
Congrats on getting started! Honestly it takes so long to get it going, I'd recommend starting sooner if you can. Most people go weeks before they get their first sale so don't overthink it!
And yes when someone orders the shirt from you, that order gets sent to Printify. Printify charges your credit card for the amount of the item + shipping. Then Etsy pays you the amount the customer paid - Etsy fees.
In the beginning I'd recommend having a few hundred dollars ideally because Etsy puts your shop on reserves and only pays you the full amount of the sale AFTER you ship it, so there is a small lag. I also use a credit card for Printify, that way I am not paying for the shirts until after I get the money from Etsy.
@cassiy, does this also apply with Printful?
Thank you for your analysis. I know in general that Printful is located in Los Angeles, CA....one of the most expensive places to live! I know cause I lived there for 3 years and decided to go back to Texas b/c I realized as a "normal" person, I would NEVER be able to buy my own house living there. But also, Printify has so much more to choose from, in my opinion. They offer a lot more water bottles, mugs and tumblers and even just other products in general. I would say it is a little shocking to know that this one particular coffee mug I like comes all the way from Germany!
Yes Printify is able to offer a lot more products because they are just a website brining together 100's of printers in one place, it would be hard for Printful to compete overall with only being one company!
with printify you have to mail the shirts yourself right? does shipping stay 3.99?
No printify would mail the shirts directly to the customer for you!
@@CassiyJohnson thats amazing thank you!
Fantastic comparison!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
So glad you enjoyed it, I was super surprised by how big of a difference the price ends up being!
What is the best platform for embroider items ?
Thank you so much. Its been very helpful. new subscriber.
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Thanks for watching, Terry!! Wishing you all the best!